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Old English nouns #1

What do these Old English words mean? All the words have Modern English descendants, though some are more archaic than others!
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Last updated: March 21, 2023
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hund
dog (hound)
folm
hand (palm)
fyxen
female fox (vixen)
stol
chair (stool)
lyft
sky (lift)
wifmann
woman (wife-man)
muþ
mouth
cirice
church
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hræfn
raven
eard
realm (yard)
ham
home
sweora
neck (swire)
streawberge
strawberry
næddre
snake (adder)
læcedom
medicine (leechdom)
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Level 42
Aug 15, 2021
I typed woman and vixen but neither were accepted can you fix that
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Level 52
Feb 1, 2022
Fixed! Thanks for highlighting!
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Level 92
Dec 20, 2022
I tried both and they didn't work, so I just gave up.
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Level 52
Mar 21, 2023
Very sorry about this. It should now actually be fixed; I'm not sure what happened.